Never knowingly undersolved
Punk has provided this Tuesday’s cruciverbal challenge. I realised this morning that it has been a long time since it last fell to me to blog a crossword by Punk, so this honour … Read more >>
An absorbing puzzle from Eccles which had an interesting mix of conventional and pop culture clues.
The puzzle can be found here. Hi everyone. I hope your year has got off to a good start. Peter seems to be in a party mood this January, bringing us sexy fun, a large bottle of … Read more >>
Happy New year to one and all. Dalibor is today’s setter. A new setter for my 200th blog. A thoroughly enjoyable puzzle and just the right level to awaken the sleepy brain cells … Read more >>
Phi just goes on producing, doesn’t he. Nothing much to say about this except the usual praise for the setter. But 21dn is still a problem.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
A good Thursday challenge from Klingsor.
Tees has provided our second puzzle of 2019 and my first opportunity to blog. After some rather taxing Christmas puzzles, it was a relief to find Tees’ latest puzzle here today, to ease … Read more >>
Nimrod ushers in 2019 with a challenging puzzle and the parsing of one entry still eludes me. Those of you who solved Eimi’s puzzle of yesterday may have experienced a … Read more >>
The player-manager pulls on the shirt to take the field for the final game of the year. Will it be a puzzle of two halves? Will the solver be over the moon on … Read more >>
Hoskins brings us the last IoS crossword of the year. I have been a fan of this setter and his style since he came on the scene a few years ago, but I … Read more >>
Friends, Romans, Crossword-men (and women), lend me your beers…I come to praise Wire, not to bury him… I think this my first Wire solve/blog – and most enjoyable it was too. A veritable … Read more >>
It’s the last Phi-day of the year! We hope everyone had a great Christmas and wish you all a Happy New Year
Here I am with my last blog of 2018, and it is indeed a good long while since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Knut. A nice medium-difficulty puzzle, … Read more >>
Serpent First of all, a Happy Christmas to all solvers I have failed to parse the wordplay in two of the entries – TIDE and ASSERTIVE. I have a vague … Read more >>
Thanks to Silvanus for keeping us entertained right up to Christmas Eve, with a few unusual words and tricky constructions – but some lovely surfaces and ingenious anagrams. A few seasonal references too, … Read more >>